Board of Directors Biographies
Jared Call, CFM, FMP - President
Jared Call is the Eastern Region Workplace Services Manager for Intuit. He specializes in FM technologies, facilities maintenance process improvement, labor needs analyses, project management, O&M management, and preventive maintenance planning for facilities. Previously, he worked with Facility Engineering Associates (FEA) as a Facility Management Consultant and Project Manager.
Jared has presented and worked across the country helping to educate the facility management community. A graduate of Brigham Young University?s Facilities Management program, Jared was in the first group to receive the designation of Facility Management Professional (FMP) and has since earned his Certified Facility Manager (CFM).
Jared has been a member of IFMA since 2002, serving as 1st Vice-President of the Brigham Young University Student Chapter, as the Education Chair and First Vice President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter. Jared has been part of numerous committees at the national level, most recently helping to develop the framework for IFMA?s emerging leaders. Jared has a passion for facilities and has been an active ambassador to young professionals promoting the facility management profession through organizations such as IFMA, APPA, and CAI.
Jared lives in Frisco with his wife of eight years and his three children Austin (5) and Talan (3) and newest addition Malia (1).
Scott Smith, CFM - First Vice President
Scott Smith has been a professional member of the DFW IFMA Chapter for more than 15 years, and a Certified Facilities Manager since 2003.
He has been a Facilities Manager for 17 years, including 9 years as Vice President of Corporate Services and Real Estate for the Dallas and Mexico City offices of Goldman Sachs. His Facility Management career began at Bear Stearns in 1993 where, on his first day at the firm, he was asked if he could relocate the firm to a new larger facility. After successful completion of that project, Scott designed and built a new facility for the Jones Day Dallas office. Currently, he is the Director of Corporate Facilities & Security for the Dallas campus of Fannie Mae.
The DFW IFMA Chapter has given Scott the opportunity to develop a host of business relationships, as well as many close friendships over the years. As a long-term member, he hopes to bring a unique perspective to the leadership of the chapter. Scott believes that staying connected with our membership and capitalizing on the vast array of knowledge and experience we have within our chapter is key to the continued development and success of our chapter.
Angie Gaeta - Second Vice President
Angie has been an active member of IFMA since moving to Dallas in 2000. She previously served as the Board Secretary, Membership Chair, Associates Chair, and MetroCon Chair. Her goal, as Second Vice President, is to help grow the Chapter and help others develop professional and personal relationships. She considers the Dallas Chapter as her Community.
Angie is employed with Bretford Manufacturing as a Regional Sales Manager and she covers a large territory -- including North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and North Louisiana. Her sales career has spanned twenty years in the contract furnishings industry and allowed her to build relationships with Facility Managers, Architects/Designers, Furniture Dealers and Audio/Video/Technology Providers.
She looks forward to serving the Chapter this year and working closely with the Membership and Associates Committees.
Burt Copeland - Treasurer
Most of us know Burt for his work in the flooring industry. What most don?t know is that his career started as a CPA in public accounting and as controller or CFO for various companies. He also has an MBA in finance from SMU.
Burt has been active in IFMA since 2005 and is beginning his fourth term on the board as Treasurer. He has also served as the Metrocon Representative for IFMA, which was one of the chapter?s largest fund raisers, and as co-chair of the Associates Committee.
His focus for Treasurer is to sustain the history of strong financial management of the chapter and to ensure the resources of the DFW Chapter are well cared for so that they can be used for the wellbeing, education and development of the chapter and its members.
Frank Koons - Secretary
Frank has been employed at Variosystems since 2001; he started there as a production manager and moved into facility management in 2005 when the company built its Southlake facility. Frank was on site during the construction and finish-out of the building. He coordinated the move from four smaller buildings to the new building, which included all office and manufacturing equipment.
Frank also supports other Variosystems facilities in Switzerland, Sri Lanka and, soon, a new facility in China which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2012.
Frank has been a professional member of the DFW IFMA Chapter since 2007, and he received his Facility Management Professional credentials in 2008. He has been on the DFW IFMA Membership committee since joining the chapter, and has served as Co-Chair for the past two years.
Larry Wheatley, CFM - Immediate Past President
Larry is the facilities manager with Mace Facility Services at the Invesco Dallas office.
A Texas resident since 2006, Larry has been involved in Facility Operations Management for more than 20 years. He has held facility management positions at GM, Delphi, Ford and GM-ARA Services, which later became ARAMARK Corporation. Larry started LEW Consulting LLC, Advanced Facility Management in 2002 and provided facility operations management consulting and project management services for small to medium sized businesses, universities, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies throughout Michigan and surrounding states.
He has been a CFM and an active member of IFMA since 1999, and has held positions as:
- President (2010) - DFW IFMA Chapter
- First Vice President (2008 & 2009) - DFW IFMA Chapter
- Membership Chair (2007) - DFW IFMA Chapter
- Vice President - Mid-Michigan IFMA Chapter
- Treasurer - Mid-Michigan IFMA Chapter
Larry is a graduate of Northwood University with a BBA in Management/Marketing and has an Associate's Degree in Science.
Larry resides in Lake Granbury. He enjoys riding his Texas-bred Quarter Horses with his daughter Chloe, who is a nurse in Weatherford. Larry's roots here go back to his youth when, at 15-years-old, he traveled extensively throughout Texas and surrounding states as a member of a rock-n-roll band.
In his spare time he enjoys traveling, woodworking, photography, meeting new people, art, and music and making musical instruments.
